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A great result against Liverpool on Sunday and a win I have to admit I didn’t see coming and wrote about accordingly. So well done lads. However while we savour victory there are more things to be concerned about than not. Questions remain over the players and manager being able to keep the level of graft and application for every game or was the Liverpool game a flash in the pan. I for one think this merely postpones the inevitable changes in the way everything is run at Newcastle United. Sad to say I’m not optimistic about the next games, in particular the Spurs game but I would love to be proved wrong. Vast change is needed at Newcastle United and one win doesn’t change that fact one iota.

Still on a bit of a high after a proper pulse racing win yesterday! Great effort,but that effort should be NORMAL. We’re just not used to it (lowered, sedated expectations).
I was pleased to see Colo have a more settled game. But it was no more than that tbh. Put under no pressure for most of the game.
He has this shocking habit of staring at the ball, particularly when the opponents are attacking down the right flank, and jogging to his ‘station’ on the near post point of the 6 yd box, marking fresh air while 3 or four of the opposition pour in behind him waiting for a cross with Mbemba and Janmaat wondering which one to pick up. Watch out for it, it’s really something to behold. It happened this game, fortunately the ball in was invariably shoyte and it rolled to his feet and he could just knock it clear.

The problem has never been live fixtures against the senior sides. It’s not hard to get up for the big games beamed live around the world. It ‘s the bread and butter stuff we can’t be arsed with. That’s why having a squad that can realistically challenge for a European spot and domestic cup is so important. Gives the players something to fight for, and the lack of it is surely why we have been so duff, for so long.

Santon
I gave Anita my Man of the Match – best game in a TOON shirt, tackled passed covered every inch of the pitch – seemed to be playing a lot higher/more forward midfield with Colback playing behind.
Followed by Ding Dong -who I thought filled the hole between midfield and attack linking up play.
Dummett also had his best game for a while and put in some crunching tackles – makes a change.

Sing in the corner
Good atmosphere in the Gallowgate yesterday – place was bouncing second half

I only hope that this win will not remove the pressure that MA must have been feeling to reinforce our squad in the January window.
Without an improvement, especially in defence, we’re still on course for relegation this season.

In honor of two dedicated Newcastle fans, who lost their lives supporting Newcastle United.

Their passenger jet was shot down over Ukraine on Thursday July 17th, 2014 by rebels, as they were traveling to support the team in New Zealand.

We will never forget them.

Health Update - 4 Aug, 2016

The good news last week was that after more blood tests my PSA count is still undetectable

This means the prostate cancer is still under control, and there is no trace of it in the body.

Now to be even more vigilant so I can see the Rafa Benitez project come to its fruition over the next few years - wouldn't want to miss that.

Howay The Lads!!>

Ed Harrison

What Is A Football Club?

What is a club in any case?

Not the buildings or the directors or the people who are paid to represent it.

It’s not the television contracts, get-out clauses, marketing departments or executive boxes.

It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city.

It’s a small boy clambering up stadium steps for the very first time, gripping his father’s hand, gawping at that hallowed stretch of turf beneath him and, without being able to do a thing about it, falling in love.